Destination folder

Ok, I`m saving the movie file in DV-AVI format and my hd's file source is NTFS. When I try to save the file to 'My Videos,' the program shuts down and disappears. When I try to save to My Documents, it saves 30% of the movie and then gives me an error message telling me to check three different things (file source, destination folder and hd space) all of which are fine. I really think the problem is the destination folder. Help please??? Thanks,
JArrod

Bob
Wed Jul 07 20:57:21 CDT 2004

To test your theory, you could try saving it to
C:\your_movie.avi

I've never looked at it myself, but I've read
in a number of posts in this newsgroup that there
is information about problems saving movies on
www.papajohn.org

--
-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
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"Dre Eastwood" <DreEastwood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3C886327-0203-463F-A71E-B176D5DC12E6@microsoft.com...
> Ok, I`m saving the movie file in DV-AVI format and my hd's file source is NTFS. When I try to save the file to 'My Videos,'
the program shuts down and disappears. When I try to save to My Documents, it saves 30% of the movie and then gives me an error
message telling me to check three different things (file source, destination folder and hd space) all of which are fine. I really
think the problem is the destination folder. Help please??? Thanks,
> JArrod

John
Thu Jul 08 04:08:36 CDT 2004

Hello there,

Here are a some of the things that solved these types of problems for me....

Convert all MP3 music to WAV
Convert all Mpeg to AVI
Convert all Jpeg to Bitmaps

And this is my stock reply for people who suffer from MM2 closing down
unexpectedly....

You sound as though you are suffering from a codec problem.

The one stop solution for that is a program called Rename Codecs and it is
available from my web site. Make sure you check out the FAQ, on the site, on
what it does and how to run it (That will take about one minute of your time!!)
All the info you need is on the web site.

This reassuringly safe to use program requires no knowledge on your part about
what it is doing or how it is doing it or what it is doing it too!!! neither do
you need to know where any of these files are or whether it is safe to rename
them or not.....and best of all, ITS FREE !!!

If this does not solve your problem then try the following out...it has proved
to be a successful procedure for a variety of problems.

1) Download the full version of DirectX Ver 9.0b, Media Player 9 and Movie
Maker 2.

2) Reboot you computer and Install DirectX

3) Reboot again and install Windows Media Player 9

4) Reboot yet again and install Movie Maker 2

5) Reboot one more time

Yes it sounds very tedious, but if you want to be certain all file locks are
removed so that the correct files can be installed this is the way you have to
go.

It is very important that you only download the full versions of these programs
and that you DO NOT attempt an install over the internet.

Other Notes
===========

There is in my view some very bad advice floating around that tells you to
unregister the offending codec. If you take this advise be warned that
unregistering any file and doing it wrong will more than likely stop the
program that file belongs to from working all together and may in an extreme
situation cause your entire XP system to fail. This is true whether you make a
mistake using the Registry editor or the registration program itself, one
mistake and you are potentially in deep trouble. Whatever you unregister in
this manner has to be restored and you should take note that the registration
of a codec can often involve more than one registry entry. If you are expert in
these matters you will have no problem.
--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
---
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obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work

DreEastwood
Thu Jul 08 18:18:01 CDT 2004

You da man! Thanks. I`ve tried renaming the codecs that I have that are listed on papajohn.org. I also tried renaming the codecs from Nero. Nothing has worked. I am going to try everything that you told me. Thanks again,
Jarrod

"John Kelly" wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> Here are a some of the things that solved these types of problems for me....
>
> Convert all MP3 music to WAV
> Convert all Mpeg to AVI
> Convert all Jpeg to Bitmaps
>
> And this is my stock reply for people who suffer from MM2 closing down
> unexpectedly....
>
> You sound as though you are suffering from a codec problem.
>
> The one stop solution for that is a program called Rename Codecs and it is
> available from my web site. Make sure you check out the FAQ, on the site, on
> what it does and how to run it (That will take about one minute of your time!!)
> All the info you need is on the web site.
>
> This reassuringly safe to use program requires no knowledge on your part about
> what it is doing or how it is doing it or what it is doing it too!!! neither do
> you need to know where any of these files are or whether it is safe to rename
> them or not.....and best of all, ITS FREE !!!
>
> If this does not solve your problem then try the following out...it has proved
> to be a successful procedure for a variety of problems.
>
> 1) Download the full version of DirectX Ver 9.0b, Media Player 9 and Movie
> Maker 2.
>
> 2) Reboot you computer and Install DirectX
>
> 3) Reboot again and install Windows Media Player 9
>
> 4) Reboot yet again and install Movie Maker 2
>
> 5) Reboot one more time
>
> Yes it sounds very tedious, but if you want to be certain all file locks are
> removed so that the correct files can be installed this is the way you have to
> go.
>
> It is very important that you only download the full versions of these programs
> and that you DO NOT attempt an install over the internet.
>
> Other Notes
> ===========
>
> There is in my view some very bad advice floating around that tells you to
> unregister the offending codec. If you take this advise be warned that
> unregistering any file and doing it wrong will more than likely stop the
> program that file belongs to from working all together and may in an extreme
> situation cause your entire XP system to fail. This is true whether you make a
> mistake using the Registry editor or the registration program itself, one
> mistake and you are potentially in deep trouble. Whatever you unregister in
> this manner has to be restored and you should take note that the registration
> of a codec can often involve more than one registry entry. If you are expert in
> these matters you will have no problem.
> --
> Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> www.the-kellys.org
> www.the-kellys.co.uk
> ---
> All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
> obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work
>

John
Fri Jul 09 03:59:00 CDT 2004

Ha! Love it....

That should keep you busy for a while :) Good Luck.

--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
---
All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work